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Definition of gherao in English: gheraonounPlural gheraos ɡɛˈraʊɡəˈraʊ Indian A protest in which workers prevent employers or managers from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met. 〈印度〉挟持雇主（一种工人抗议方式，将雇主关在工作场所直至要求得到满足） a gherao was to be conducted at the municipal offices Example sentencesExamples - The shopkeepers would resort to fasts, protest demonstrations and gheraos.
- To add variety, new forms of coercion, like gheraos, were invented.
- Of course, this is followed by walkouts from the Assembly, dharnas, gheraos, bandhs and other forms of agitation.
- ‘If the government will not respond to our demands we have no option left but to organise a demonstration and gherao during the assembly session,’ he said.
- The union lifted the gherao after giving the electricity board a one-day ultimatum.
Synonyms demonstration, march, protest march, peace camp, rally, sit-in, human chain, occupation, sleep-in, dirty protest, write-in, non-cooperation
verbɡɛˈraʊɡəˈraʊ [with object]Indian Prevent (someone) from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met. 〈印度〉挟持雇主（一种工人抗议方式，将雇主关在工作场所直至要求得到满足） the minister was gheraoed in his Chamber for more than four hours
OriginFrom Bengali gherāo, literally ‘act of enclosing or shutting in’. Definition of gherao in US English: gheraonounɡəˈrouɡəˈraʊ Indian A protest in which workers prevent employers or managers from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met. 〈印度〉挟持雇主（一种工人抗议方式，将雇主关在工作场所直至要求得到满足） a gherao was to be conducted at the municipal offices Example sentencesExamples - The shopkeepers would resort to fasts, protest demonstrations and gheraos.
- Of course, this is followed by walkouts from the Assembly, dharnas, gheraos, bandhs and other forms of agitation.
- ‘If the government will not respond to our demands we have no option left but to organise a demonstration and gherao during the assembly session,’ he said.
- To add variety, new forms of coercion, like gheraos, were invented.
- The union lifted the gherao after giving the electricity board a one-day ultimatum.
Synonyms demonstration, march, protest march, peace camp, rally, sit-in, human chain, occupation, sleep-in, dirty protest, write-in, non-cooperation
verbɡəˈrouɡəˈraʊ [with object]Indian Prevent (someone) from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met. 〈印度〉挟持雇主（一种工人抗议方式，将雇主关在工作场所直至要求得到满足） the minister was gheraoed in his Chamber for more than four hours
OriginFrom Bengali gherāo, literally ‘act of enclosing or shutting in’. |